Leitung / Instructor: Colin Foskett Termin /Date : 12.05.2016 & 14.07.2016, 10:00-13:00 Uhr Ort / Place : O.07.08

The purpose of this workshop is to provide postgraduates with guidelines and practice relating to writing papers, essays and articles in English. Since participants will be working on different projects, and probably also in different subject areas, the seminar will aim to be as individual and practical as possible and as general as necessary. What we do and how we do it is to a certain extent open to discussion. What follows is a working concept.

1. The FIRST SESSION will be introductory, with general remarks on structuring, style, rhetoric, choice of title, writing an abstract, problems with writing academic English etc. Much of this will apply to writing in any language, but key differences between German and English academic style will be discussed.

2. The session will also use practical examples of up-to-date academic writing.

3. In order to have your input before the first sessions, I would like each participant to prepare an abstract and title of a paper they perhaps aim to present at a conference and/or to publish. Matters arising from these abstracts will be discussed during the first session to illustrate important general points. Abstracts should be submitted to the CGS (attachment to an e-mail to zgs@uni-wuppertal.de) together with your registration by 29th April 2016.

4. You will then be asked to write a section or chapter of a paper and submit it by 1st July 2016 . The SECOND SESSION will focus on issues arising from this work, dealing with individual and practical aspects of writing academic English.

This workshop is part of the special support concept for international doctoral students established by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) within the framework of the STIBET program.

Place: O.07.08

First session: Do /Thurs 12th May 2016 10.00 – 13.00

Second session: Do /Thurs 14th July 2016 10.00 – 13.00

Information & Registration:

CGS Office
Grifflenberg Campus | P.08.12/13 | Tel.: 0202-439 2702
zgs@uni-wuppertal.de
Please register with an abstract (see 3. above) by 29th April 2016

Maximum number of participants: 15